Steynewood Battery

Steynewood Battery
Whitecliff Bay, Isle of Wight, England
Steynewood Battery
Coordinates	50°40′42″N 1°05′39″W / 50.67823°N 1.09413°W / 50.67823; -1.09413
Site information
Open to the public	No
Site history
Built	1893
In use	Private residence

Steynewood Battery (map reference SZ641869) is a battery located between Bembridge and Whitecliff Bay on the Isle of Wight. It is one of the many Palmerston Forts built on the island to protect it in response to a perceived French invasion. Construction of the battery began in 1889 and was completed by 1893.^[1]

References

↑ "Fortifications of the Isle of Wight - Steynewood Battery". Retrieved 17 January 2015.

External links

Victorian Forts data sheet

Palmerston Forts on the Isle of Wight

Western side	Freshwater Redoubt The Needles Battery Hatherwood Battery Warden Point Battery Golden Hill Fort Cliff End Battery Fort Albert Fort Victoria Bouldnor Battery

Eastern side	Puckpool Battery Nodes Point Battery Steynewood Battery Culver Battery Bembridge Fort Redcliff Battery Yaverland Battery Sandown Fort Sandown Barrack Battery

Solent	Spitbank Fort St Helens Fort Horse Sand Fort No Man's Land Fort

List of Palmerston Forts on the Isle of Wight

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